From the free UGC NET History Mock Test 10 — Unit 10: Historical Method, Research, Methodology, and Historiography unit-wise mock test — real question, real answer, real explanation.
The Marxist historian who authored Modern India (1885–1947) and The Swadeshi Movement in Bengal is:
Sumit Sarkar ✓
Bipan Chandra
K.N. Panikkar
Barun De
Sumit Sarkar's Modern India and Swadeshi Movement in Bengal are major Marxist-influenced studies of the national movement.
Who authored the comprehensive Marxist analytical work India's Struggle for Independence and Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India?
Bipan Chandra ✓
Sumit Sarkar
A.R. Desai
S. Gopal
Bipan Chandra's India's Struggle for Independence and Nationalism and Colonialism in Modern India are standard Marxist-nationalist accounts widely used in UGC NET preparation.
The Marxist sociologist and historian who authored Social Background of Indian Nationalism (1948) using class analysis was:
A.R. Desai ✓
D.D. Kosambi
D.P. Mukerji
M.N. Srinivas
A.R. Desai's Social Background of Indian Nationalism (1948) analysed the national movement through Marxist class analysis.
The historical study of climate, landscape, environment, and human interactions over time is designated as:
Environmental History ✓
Historical Geography
Social Ecology
Geo-archaeology
Environmental History studies the long-term interaction between human societies and their natural surroundings.
Who is considered a pioneer of Indian Environmental History, authoring This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India alongside Madhav Gadgil?
Ramachandra Guha ✓
Mahesh Rangarajan
Richard Grove
Madhav Gadgil
Ramachandra Guha, with Madhav Gadgil, wrote This Fissured Land, a pioneering work of Indian environmental history.
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Itihaaskar — UGC NET/JRF & UPSC History Optional notes by Parveen Malik (B.Tech. (CSE), M.A. (History), History JRF). Also spelt Itihaskar.
